What is "kalapuya"

The Kalapuya are a Native American ethnic group, which had eight independent groups speaking three mutually unintelligible dialects. The Kalapuya tribes' traditional homelands were the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States, an area bounded by the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range at the west, the Columbia River at the north, to the Calapooya Mountains of the Umpqua River at the south.

Today, most Kalapuya people are enrolled in the federally recognized Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; in addition, some are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz. Most live at the Grand Ronde reservation, located in Yamhill and Polk counties.

The Kalapuya are a Native American ethnic group native to what is now Oregon. Kalapuya may refer to:

• Kalapuya language, their language
• Kalapuya (fungus) – a genus of truffle-like fungi
• the Treaty with the Kalapuya, etc. is also known as the Kalapuya Treaty